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Vigelandsparken Oslo
132 Reviews The most famous statue on The Bridge is by far the small statue of a screaming boy, called Sinnataggen or The Angry boy. Is is angry as he is not getting attention from his parents. Everybody seems...
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Mount Fløien Bergen
57 Reviews On a sunny day, the number one activity must be a trip to the surrounding hills overlooking the port and town of Bergen. The easiest way is via a funicular that takes maximum 5 minutes of travel plus...
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Preikestolen & Kjeragbolten Stavanger
13 Reviews The walk to Preikestolen is a must! I’ve made this walk several times since coming to live in Stavanger and hope to do it at least one more time before I leave. The walk and climb to Priekestolen is...
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Nidaros Cathedral and Archbishops Palace Trondheim
41 Reviews Nidarosdomen, the cathedral of Trondheim dates back to the year 1070 and with its giant facade, decorated with 3 rows of statues of bishops, saints and kings it is one of the most significant gothic...
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Vikingship museum (Viking skip museum) Oslo
65 Reviews When I booked the tour for Oslo, I had thought that we might get to the Kon Tiki museum the Vasa Museum or the Vigeland museum. But instead, we stopped at the Viking Museum. Here we saw three huge...
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Fish Market Bergen
36 Reviews Fish marked in Bergen once was a busy place for locals. Now locals avoid it. Quality is poor and prices extremely high. If you want ie smoked salmon you get it for half the price just across the...
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Gamle Stavanger Stavanger
11 Reviews This is the historic center of Stavanger and includes several artisan workshops and the Norwegian Canning Museum. It is known as Gamle Stavanger, which means �Old Stavanger� in Norwegian. There are...
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Bakklandet, Gamle Bybro and the wharfs Trondheim
29 Reviews Next to Gamle Bybro you will find the most attractive of these old wodden houses along the river Nida. They certainly look best in the morning-sun and when you take the pics from one of the bridges...
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Akershus Fortress Oslo
83 Reviews Akershus Fortress began its life as a castle/fortress combination in the 13th century and was altered several times. Sometimes, it was more of a Royal Palace, sometimes more like a military defense...
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Hansa Bryggen Bergen
41 Reviews The soul of Bergen are the old warehouses Bryggen (translated from Norwegian - dock), overlooking the harbor. The distinctive facade of the houses is the face of Bergen. In the past they were the...
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Lysenfjorden - Not pulpit or kjærag Stavanger
9 Reviews Our final stop on our Lysefjord cruise, is a the Hengjane Waterfall. Here, the Boat is brought quite close to the waterfall, and once again the Captain waited until we all had taken a photo. This...
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Munkholmen and Ravnkloa Trondheim
13 Reviews The island of Munkholm is just a few hundred meters off the port of Trondheim and it was used over the centuries as a monastery, as a prison and nowadays it is a place where tourists are going to in...
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The Royal Palace Oslo
50 Reviews The Royal Palace was finished in 1849 in a neoclassicist style. It was designed by Hans Linstow. At that time, Norway was part of the Swedish Empire and this palace was the local palace of the Swedish...
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Buildings, streets and Alleys Bergen
38 Reviews A little behind the iconic warehouses begins the old town of Bergen. All the small streets with white houses are wonderful. I noticed that most of them are paved, just as in my home city...
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Stavanger domkirke Stavanger
6 Reviews It is 2011, and we are in Stavanger not long after the "Oslo Massacre" had taken place. Many of the dead were still being buried, and this was the case in Stavanger, there was a funeral being held for...
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Ringve Music Museum and botanical garden Trondheim
8 Reviews The Ringve-museum is not only interesting for its great collection of musical instruments but it is also a great farm-building with lovely houses made of wood and an interesting park around of it.
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Aker Brygge Oslo
40 Reviews There are quite a lot of statues and art-work by Aker Brygge. One of which is a man walking on stilts in the ocean. On one square there is a polar-bear, a big snail and all kinds of statues - and...
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Fjords Bergen
11 Reviews The fjord from the North Sea into Bergen is a beautiful one and should not be missed. Be on deck in order to enjoy the cruise, best at the end of the day when there is a lot of activity in the harbor...
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Breiavatnet Stavanger
5 Reviews In Stavanger, I found many statues and monuments. They were in parks and streets, they seemed to pop up everywhere. The most important statue is of a Gazelle by the Lake, one I looked at, but somehow...
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Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NTNU Trondheim
5 Reviews Don't forget to stop by the bookstore and get a souvenir. Like all college bookstores, NTNU carries school-related paraphernalia and souvenir. Unfortunately, like other college bookstores, its price...
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Oslo City Hall Oslo
59 Reviews Oslo City hall or Oslo Rádhus is a very big majestic building by the harbour and Aker brygge. The seat of the political and administrative leadership in Oslo. It dates back to 1950. Here the Nobel...
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City centre / Waterfront / Parks Bergen
34 Reviews Have a stroll in the beauiful neighbourhood of Nordnes, in the centre of Bergen. Nordnes is a peninsula and neighbourhood in the city centre. Here you will find the typical Bergen houses, ie small...
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Tou scene Stavanger
2 Reviews Tou Scene is a a non-profit corporation owned by artists and supporters and is supported by the Municipality of Stavanger. Tou is located in the old Tou Brewery, that dates back to 1855 and was used...
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Kristiansten Trondheim
7 Reviews Kristiansten fortress was built on a small hill above Trondheim and it dates back to the year 1691. There is a museum. but that was under reconstruction, while I was in Trondheim in September 2009. At...
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Kon Tiki Museum Oslo
40 Reviews Kon Tiki museum is one of the trio (with Fram and the Viking ships museums) settled on the Bydgoy peninsula facing downtown Oslo. Unlike the other two, this particular locale brings rather mixed...
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A brisk walk around the small town in about 20 mins as ship only stops for 30 mins at this port. By the beginning of March there is the accumulation of a winter's snow in large piles caused in part by the snowploughs, great fun particularly if you live in England where an inch or so is a lot!
Very pretty small town, walking excursion from ship. Very interesting as was almost totally burnt down in 1904 & rebuilt. Wooden houses seemed to suffer the same fate in many other Norwegian settlements.
Excursion to North Cape, the most northern point of mainland Europe. Coaches had to be escorted in convoy with a snowplough in front and two motorcycle police at rear due to extreme weather conditions. 900 ft cliffs, snowdrifts and large souvenir shop!
4 hour excursion from Harstad to Sortland, ship continued its voyage along the coast whilst the coach toured inland. It was the most breathtaking sightseeing trip of the 12 days, stunning scenary,fjords, high peaks and the sighting of a white tailed sea eagle.
Excursion from ship to the Snowhotel via a viewpoint looking over Kirkenes and the harbour. Trip was very scenic, bright sunshine, lots of unspoilt snow and -10c, did not feel cold as was still. Once at the Snowhotel there was a walk of a few hundred yards to the hotel in crunchy snow, be careful as surface was icy in parts.Snowhotel was very interesting, you were able to roam freely and look in all the rooms with their different ice sculptures, guide recommended pictures be taken without flash to obtain the natural colours.Reindeer and Dogsledding were at the same site to complete the experience.
A little bit on the west driving from Flam to Bergen you can enjoy another remarkable fjord - Nærøyfjord, again an armlet of Sognefjord. It was little foggy and cloudy so I promised myself to do a boat trip one day in summertime.
I wondered where to put this tip in things to do or transportation but I chose this section as this is actually a must see! Flamsbana is a touristic train that travels from Flam (a town at the end of Aurlandsfjord, an armlet of the famous Sognefjord) to Myrdal (situated on the railway station Oslo-Bergen). The train passes through the wonderful Flam valley that is only 21 km long but the route lasts 50 minutes. The railway is a narrow path that goes also by many tunnels at a total length of 6km. In the train they provide you with information about the valley and the stunning views that you should not miss all the time. There is also one stop at Kjosefosen Waterfall for about 5 minutes just before one of the tunnels. Again I'm saying that my visit was in the winter and all the rivers and waterfalls were frozen but it didn't make it less beautiful. Of course, I can imagine how fascinating...
This video clip shows the 2600 km long/134 hrs long videodocumentary "Hurtigruten" in just 5 minutes. You can save a lot of cash this way, rather than go all the way here and stare your eyes wide and sore. type http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Yra8xYOcY3E or click the web address below (same).
We are proud to visit this Eternal Peace Flame at its permanent site at Aker Brygge in the city of Oslo. The visit is certainly a surprise to us as we certainly did not expect to see this. The Eternal Peace Flame was installed permanently at this new location in the year 2002. It was installed the year before at the temporary location at Pier of Honour. The Flame burns brightly 24 hours a day and 365 days a year even during very cold winter with heavy snow. This beautiful peace flame was donated by Sri Chinmoy, the dreamer of world peace. He also visited the Eternal Peace Flame in Oslo for the first time in 2003. He gave an impromptu concert with his flute to several hundred delighted viewers present at the site. The statue of Sri Chinmoy was only erected in the year 2008 to dedicate to him. It was carved by Kaivalya Torpy. Don't miss the Eternal Peace Flame when you visit Aker Brygge in...
Holmenkollen Ski Simulator is a bit of a disappointment to us. It may even be a tourist trap for the price that you are paying. It costs NOK 65.00 per adult without Oslo Pass and NOK 50.00 with Oslo Pass. In our opinion it should be free-of-charge for holders of Oslo Pass! Duration of the ride is only five minutes. It is more of a roller coaster ride downhill. It features both ski jumping and alpine downhill skiing which in our opinion are not so spectacular. We took this ride just for the sake of experience. We do not recommend visitors to Holmenkollen Ski Jump Center to take this ride!
Holmenkollen Park Hotel Rica Oslo Oslo
9 Reviews and 118 Opinions The hotel is located close to a popular hiking and cross-country ski area and in walking distance...
Radisson SAS Royal Hotel Bergen
6 Reviews and 142 Opinions Situated at the very center of the town. All tourist attactions are 300 meters around. Very good...
Rica Nidelven Hotel Trondheim
1 Review and 138 Opinions Unbelievable, astonishing, great, surprising, delicious, unique, wonderful, outstanding......
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